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THE HUDDLE

HUD AWARDS CALIFORNIA $5.1 MILLION TO HELP END

YOUTH HOMELESSNESS

The Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program was developed
with youth in mind, relying upon the recommendations provided
1.3 ensure that the program meets the needs of young people, HUD
directly from young people who had experienced homelessness. To

incorporated many of the same young people who provided
recommendations on the program's design in the application review

process. Their assessment helped HUD ensure that applicants
Million
actually understood the needs and preferences of the young people
they will serve. HUD also worked closely with our Federal partners
to help develop the program and review applications, including the
Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department
of Education, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.

The ten communities selected will collaborate with a broad array of
partners including a youth advisory board and the local or state
public child welfare agency. These communities will each develop a
coordinated community plan to prevent and end youth
homelessness to submit to HUD within six months. They will also
participate in a program evaluation to inform the federal effort to

prevent and end youth homelessness going forward, and will serve
as leaders in the nation on the work of ending homelessness
among young people.

The selected communities will use funding for rapid re-housing,
permanent supportive housing, and transitional housing, and to
fund innovative programs, such as host homes. YHDP will also

support youth-focused performance measurement and coordinated
entry systems. Selected communities can begin requesting funding
for specific projects as soon as they are ready. Over the next
Ben Carson several months, selected communities work with their youth
advisory boards, child welfare agencies, and other community
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development partners to create a comprehensive community plan to end youth
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homelessness.